Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
People in lower socioeconomic groups often get food at discount chains or even food pantries where organics are not even a choice at all.
There is no incentive for makers of agricultural chemicals to modify their products in response to charges about obesogens. As the documentary films the Future of Food and King Corn pointed out, the use of pesticides is very big business. Though detrimental effects of pesticides and genetically-modified seeds and food have been shown, further research is needed to prove the link between pesticides and genetic modifications that lead to obesity in infants and children. When and if that link is proven, the public will have to demand that the government take action. Consumer advocate organizations currently exist to call attention to the problem of pesticide use; it is hoped that they will continue their work in educating the public.
Conclusion
New evidence suggests that being overweight is not just the result of personal choices about what you eat, combined with inactivity (Newbold, cited in Begley, 2009). It could be blamed on exposure to chemicals in childhood and even in utero. It is thought that the so-named obesogens particularly affect overweight and obese individuals who are fifty years old or younger, since the use of agricultural chemicals has greatly increased over the last half century, therefore increasing individual incidence of exposure. Begley also noted that exposure to chemicals may well account for a phenomenon experienced by many -- they eat the same things as their friends, yet gain weight while their friends do not. Chemical exposure may be a way of explaining the difference in individuals' metabolisms. Scientists have noted that even slight variations in amounts and exposure times change the effects of chemicals on so-called "fat genes" (Begley, 2009).
Scientists also point out that exposure to obesogens does not doom an individual to obesity. Diet and exercise are important, although people predisposed to being overweight may find they have to work harder than their slim counterparts. Perhaps as research shows...
(2009). Reducing obesity: motivating action while not blaming the victim. Milbank Quarterly 87 (1), pp. 49-70. Retrieved from Academic Search
Premier database December 29, 2010.
Baillie-Hamilton, P.F. (2002). Chemical toxins: a hypothesis to explain the global obesity epidemic. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 8 (2), pp. 185-192.
DOI: 10.1089/107555302317371479. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database December 29, 2010.
Barnat, S., Boisett, M., Casse, F., Lecerf, J.M., Veschambre, D., & Periquet, a. (2010).
Pesticide residues intake of French adults under increased consumption of fruits and vegetables -- a theoretical study. Journal of Environmental Science & Health, Part B
Pesticides, Contaminants, & Agricultural Wastes 45 (2), pp. 102-105. Retrieved
from Academic Search Premier database December 29, 2010.
Begley, S. (2009). Born to be big. Newsweek 9/21/2009 154 (12), pp. 56-62.
Crinnion, W.J. (2010). Organic foods contain higher levels of certain nutrients, lower levels of pesticides, and may provide health benefits for the consumer. Alternative Medicine
Review 15 (1), pp. 4-12. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database December 29, 2010.
Enter the obesogen. Economist 2/24/2007 382 (8517). Retrieved from Academic Search Premier
database December 29, 2010.
Lawrence, S. (2010). The impact of stigma on the child with obesity: implications for social
Workers. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal 27 (4), pp. 309-321.
Lawrence, S., Hazlett, R., & Hightower, P. (2010). Understanding and acting on the growing childhood and adult weight crisis: a role for social work. Health & Social Work 35 (2),
pp. 147-153.
Puhl, R.M., & Heuer, C.A.…
References
Adler, N.E., & Stewart, J. (2009). Reducing obesity: motivating action while not blaming the victim. Milbank Quarterly 87 (1), pp. 49-70. Retrieved from Academic Search
Premier database December 29, 2010.
Baillie-Hamilton, P.F. (2002). Chemical toxins: a hypothesis to explain the global obesity epidemic. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 8 (2), pp. 185-192.
DOI: 10.1089/107555302317371479. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database December 29, 2010.
Childhood Development Factors Influencing Early Childhood Development Darling and Steinberg (1993) proposed a model of parenting that integrated several prior models. They discriminated between parenting practice and parenting style, with the former representing domain-specific parenting habits and the latter domain-independent social interactions between parent and child. A critical distinction between parenting practice and style, based on their model, is that style communicates to the child how the parent feels about the child
The fundamental motivation driving Shannon's search for family is the feeling of loneliness and the search for a more complete self. This is the same motivation, of course, which drives the search for love. It is the notion that a woman will be become complete through romantic union with a partner. Roberts' target audience, which is basically the audience of romance novels in general, demands a heroine that finds love
During infancy, the interviewee's cognitive abilities were stimulated by playing with her older siblings, and also by the mother, who was able to spend a lot of time with her children and did not work outside the home. Games like pat-a-cake were played, and toys were offered that had many bright colors and were enjoyable. She was also read to quite often from a very early age. According to the
" (Dietz, 1998). Obese children are often taller than their non-overweight peers, and are apt to be viewed as more mature. This is an inappropriate expectation that may result in adverse effects on their socialization. (Dietz, 1998). Overweight children and adolescents report negative assumptions made about them by others, including being inactive or lazy, being strong or tougher than others, not having feelings and being unclean. (American Obesity Association, 2000). This
I would like to explore Jungian theories about personality (as might be found in Meyer-Briggs instrumentation) and consciousness with respect to recall while writing memoir and the phenomenon Jung (2006) referred to as collective consciousness. This little slice of memoir was interesting because in the writing, I experienced recollection. I had not thought about these events in my childhood for sometime. In fact, the last time I remember trying to
Native Son Shards of a Man Bigger Thomas was born from the recesses of the experience of Richard Wright, all throughout the varying stages of his life. The author encountered a number of individuals, beginning with his childhood in Mississippi, who were decidedly countercultural as well as antisocial, who thought only to do whatsoever they pleased, and who were fated to live with the consequences, whatsoever those may be. Oftentimes, these